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Do you thinkδοκεῖτεthatὅτιI have comeπαρεγενόμηνto giveδοῦναιpeaceεἰρήνηνonἐνearth?τῇ γῇNo,οὐχίI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνbut ratherἀλλ’ ἢdivision.διαμερισμόν
Luke 12:51
Study it in the app“Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 12:51, word by word
- Do you thinkδοκεῖτεdokeite
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokeite” appears- I have comeπαρεγενόμηνparegenomēn
arrive, come
Arrive, come, be present.
Where else “paregenomēn” appears- to giveδοῦναιdounai
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dounai” appears- peaceεἰρήνηνeirēnēn
peace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnēn” appears- earthγῇgēi
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēi” appears- Noοὐχίouchi
not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “ouchi” appears- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- divisionδιαμερισμόνdiamerismon
division
Division, discord.
Where else “diamerismon” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Not peace, but a sword
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Luke 12:51-53
51Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52For from now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three; 53they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against the mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.”
34Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and a person’s enemies will be the members of his household. 37The one who holds father or mother dearer than me is not worthy of me; and the one who holds son or daughter dearer than me is not worthy of me. 38And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life for my sake will find it.
26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even his own life as well, he cannot be my disciple. 27Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
The context
50But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51 · This verse (above)
52For from now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three;
To study Luke 12 in a group
1. What it says
What does the rich man plan to do with his harvest, and what does God say to him? (vv. 16-21)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “Do not worry about your life,” pointing to the ravens and the lilies. What reason does he give for not being anxious? (vv. 22-31)
3. How I live it
Jesus says where our treasure is, our heart will be too (v. 34). What takes most of your time and attention today?